Kathy - out early"another older lady who goes kind of whacko and tries to cut her fingers off with a machette" (CobySucks). SurvivorFever has confirmed that it is indeed Kathy was taken out of the game for mental/emotional reasons

James - makes the jury (tip to SurvivorFever.net)

Natalie - goes far (From lionsgo, poster at SurvivorSucks: ) "Natalie was tiny, she had lost so much weight, I bet she doesn't weigh 100 lbs now. She has a killer tan and some horrendous bug bites""Her friend won a challenge and picked her to get a reward and she got to see her mom which was coolher ally on survivor won the challenge and invited" "Natalie to join her in the reward. The reward was that they both got to see their family. SO Natalies mom flew over to where ever and got to see her for a day"

Since there are some, "maybe" spoilers in this article I'll post it here thanks to sucks for the heads up~

'Survivor' returns with faves

By Bill Brioux, THE CANADIAN PRESS

Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos - another version of "Survivor" is comin' atcha.

And who better to sell it than host Jeff Probst, at his dishy best Tuesday afternoon in a CBS conference call with critics. Among his surprisingly candid remarks, Probst revealed that the only so-called "luxury" items players receive at the start of every game are "tampons and condoms."

"We don't want to have any 'Survivor' babies," he said.

Asked if there might ever be an all-winners version of "Survivor," Probst snapped: "We'd have to wait for Hatch to get out of prison." ("Hatch," of course, is Richard Hatch, the original "Survivor" winner currently doing time for failing to pay taxes on his $1-million winnings.)

Instead of a long-rumoured all-winners edition, which Probst thinks might someday be the best way to end the series, "Survivor Micronesia" will pit "Fans vs. Favourites."

Every series needs a villain, however, and Probst was persuaded to welcome him back. He says he's since had a change of heart about the player fans love to hate, seeing him as a "struggling guy" with demons, trying to live his life.

In the end, he says, "we got exactly what we expected and deserved" with Fairplay's return.

Besides Fairplay and Clement, also returning are past fan favourites Yau-Man Chan and Ozzy Lusth, with the latter considered one of the game's strongest contestants ever.

Sounds like the head games started even before this edition started filming. Probst revealed that the producers initially told 20 former players they'd be coming back, knowing most of them would get on the phone and start forming alliances before the game even started. Then 10 were told they'd been cut and replaced with super fans of the series.

That, needless to say, unsettled the remaining 10 - exactly what the producers wanted. Probst said the last time "Survivor" went with an all-star, former player format, it was a big ego show.

They behaved like "pseudo rock stars" and there was too much attitude.

"This group, they were great," he said. "We picked 10 people we thought would complement each other."

Not everybody they approached wanted to come back, including Tom Westman, the Palau winner and firefighter who didn't want to risk tarnishing his image and was happy to go out on top

Probst also confirmed that "Survivor" has been renewed for two more editions, taking the series through the 2008-2009 season.

The host flirted with leaving the last time his contract was up but says he's older and wiser now.

"I get paid more money than any college dropout should ever dream of making," he said, "and when I'm not working, I have a lot of free time to think about how lucky I am."

He dismissed a suggestion that "Survivor" was renewed as a hedge against the ongoing writers strike.

Episode 9: (Days 22-24) Merge on Day 22 and on Day 24 Eliza booted (SF: Eliza is first juror). Eliza is booted because she is the only one who would most likely try to work with the fans and the favorites already have a 6-4 advantage over the fans.Episode 10: (Days 25-27) Joel booted.Episode 11: (Days 28-30) Jason booted (SF: Jason is mid jury).Episode 12: (Days 31-33) Amanda turns on "couples alliance" and votes with Cirie, Alexis and Natalie to vote out Ozzy (SF: Ozzy is mid jury). Jeff made a comment on how Amanda knows when to change up the game when she needs to (found at SurvivorSucks).Episode 13: (Days 34-36) James booted (SF: James is on jury).Episode 14: (Days 37-39) Final 5: Parvati, Amanda, Cirie, Alexis and Natalie. From here, any order can happen.

Interesting. I'd love to see Cirie make the Final 5, she's my favorite of the returning Favorites. Sad to say, the others have to get rid of her before the Final 3, otherwise she'll probably win. Hope they fail.